Category Archives: (Sandbox) National News
Georgia Republicans pass bill empowering law enforcement to investigate elections
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Georgia's legislature approved a bill expanding law enforcement's power to investigate election fraud over the objections of voting rights groups, adding to a wave of Republic...
Apr 05, 2022
Jury weighs charges against men accused in Michigan kidnap plot
(Reuters) - A federal jury resumed deliberations on Tuesday in the trial of four men charged with a plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, weighing whether they are guilty of domestic terr...
Apr 05, 2022
North Carolina U.S. Senate primary a test of Trump’s power over Republican voters
By David Morgan (Reuters) - When Donald Trump holds his next rally in North Carolina on Saturday, he'll be trying to boost his handpicked favorite for the U.S. Senate, Representative Ted Budd, in a ti...
Apr 05, 2022
U.S. conservative conference with Hungary’s hardline leader reflects Republican divide
By Peter Eisler, Alexandra Ulmer, Anita Komuves and Andrew R.C. Marshall (Reuters) - America's most prominent conservative gathering, founded on ideals of personal liberty and limited government, conv...
Apr 05, 2022
Obama returns to White House to tout healthcare law with Biden
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Barack Obama will return to the White House on Tuesday for the first time since leaving office in 2017 to tout the benefits of his signature healt...
Apr 05, 2022
Alaska oil field gas leak estimated at 7.2 million cubic feet
By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - More than 7.2 million cubic feet of natural gas escaped in a leak at a key Alaska oil field, forcing workers to evacuate and cutting production last month...
Apr 04, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Jackson clears procedural hurdle in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson moved a step closer to being confirmed as a justice on Monday when the Senate voted to break a Judiciary Committee deadlock over...
Apr 04, 2022
CDC announces revamp plans – Washington Post
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday announced plans to revamp itself, with Director Rochelle Walensky hiring an outside senior federal health official to co...
Apr 04, 2022
New York mayor Adams launches Florida ads denouncing law against LBGTQ talk in schools
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Eric Adams on Monday announced the launch of digital billboards across Florida denouncing that state's law that bans most classroom instruction on sexual orientatio...
Apr 04, 2022
White House urges Congress to move quickly on $10 billion COVID-19 funding
(Reuters) - The White House urged Congress to move quickly on $10 billion in funding for COVID aid after bipartisan agreement was reached on Monday, a sum that is less than the $22.5 billion President...
Apr 04, 2022
